Trump math — here’s how the president arrived at a ‘303,000’ jobs number when the government reported 128,000 new jobs - MarketWatch

Markets and economists got an “October surprise” on Friday when the government reported a better-than-expected jobs figure. But, in a tweet that turned heads, President Donald Trump put a particularly rosy spin on those numbers. Trump said the U.S. could have seen 303,000 jobs added in October, more than double the 128,000 reported by the Labor Department. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/trump-math-heres-how-the-president-arrived-at-a-303000-jobs-number-when-the-government-reported-128000-new-jobs-2019-11-01